17He broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.


In Context

14 He caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described for him the princes of Succoth, and its elders, seventy-seven men.

15 He came to the men of Succoth, and said, |See Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you taunted me, saying, 'Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?'|

16 He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

17 He broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.

18 Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, |What kind of men were they whom you killed at Tabor?| They answered, |They were like you. Each one resembled the children of a king.|

19 He said, |They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As Yahweh lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not kill you.|

Judges 8:17 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:17He also pulled down the tower of Peniel and killed the men of the town.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:17And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:17And he demolished the tower of Phanuel, and slew the men of the city.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:17And he brake down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:17And he broke down the tower of Penu'el, and slew the men of the city.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:17And he brake down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:17And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:17and the tower of Penuel he hath broken down, and slayeth the men of the city.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:17And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.